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>The reason people don't prefer the train vs. almost every other mode of transportation is because its extremely expensive. This. Same for many other countries
by blue_devil 7y ago
>The reason people don't prefer the train vs. almost every other mode of transportation is because its extremely expensive.
This. Same for many other countries in Europe. Which borders on criminal from an environmental point of view, because the rail network is built & maintained with public money.
Also, it's not unusual for Europe to get to a place faster by car than by train - like, the whole of Germany.
- luckylion 7y ago> Also, it's not unusual for Europe to get to a place faster by car than by train - like, the whole of Germany. That's due to the inflexibility of the train network, I guess. It's fast & easy to get from Hamburg's main station to Berlin's, but if your starting point is 45 minutes from Hamburg's and your goal isn't at Berlin central station, the car is likely just as fast. And that only gets worse if you're traveling to some small town where you need to switch trains.
- TulliusCicero 7y agoEh? There are plenty of HSR routes that are faster by train than by car in Germany. Munich to Berlin, for example.
- Narretz 7y agoAnd people are actually using the train over the airplane:https. Eurowings doesn't fly from Berlin to Nürnberg because so many people go by train: http://m.focus.de/finanzen/news/unternehmen/nach-streichung-im-maerz-immer-mehr-fahren-bahn-billig-airline-eurowings-streicht-flugroute-nuernberg-berlin_id_10776104.html http://m.focus.de/finanzen/news/unternehmen/nach-streichung-...